Bad: suddenly realizing there’s a logic error in the manuscript I just sent out. Worse: not remembering where or what the error was. Honestly, at this stage of writing I just hope the agent and editor will find it. Because I’m going quietly nuts trying to figure it out. I shouldn’t, because I have done…
Read More The manuscript gameI hang out online with writers: whether they are aspiring, inspiring, chaotic, orderly, or jaded, these folks show a world’s range of approaches to their craft. On a couple of different forums, our conversations turned to revisions and self-editing. When to stop, when to keep going, when to enlist fresh assessment from beta readers or…
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